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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who keeps Princess Elizabeth from her dying brother's bedside and intercepts her correspondence to the young king?
(a) The Duke of Northumberland.
(b) Thomas Seymour.
(c) Edward Seymour.
(d) The Earl of Essex.

2. What Catholic does William Cecil think will ascend to the throne and revive Catholicism in England if the Protestant Queen Elizabeth dies without a child?
(a) Edward Courtenay.
(b) Prince Philip of Spain.
(c) Mary Tudor.
(d) The Duke of Norfolk.

3. What is William Cecil's relationship with Elizabeth in Chapter 4?
(a) He is her guard while she is in the tower.
(b) He is her cousin.
(c) He is her lover.
(d) He is her Secretary of State.

4. What religion does Catherine Parr encourage Princess Elizabeth and Prince Edward to study?
(a) Judaism.
(b) Catholicism.
(c) The Reformed Church.
(d) Islam.

5. Although Elizabeth and her Master of the Horse have known each other since Elizabeth was eight, when does their relationship become closer before her ascension to the throne?
(a) When they are both imprisoned in the Tower of London.
(b) When Elizabeth's father dies.
(c) When the Master of the Horse becomes Elizabeth's guardian.
(d) When Elizabeth almost dies of smallpox.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the introduction, on what does the book focus?

2. What does the author say the aim of the book is in the introduction?

3. Who becomes Lord High Admiral of the English navy after King Henry VIII's death?

4. In Chapter 2 of <i>Elizabeth the Great</i>, who is caught with the teenage Princess Elizabeth in his arms and eventually taken to the Tower and executed for planning to marry her without the king's Privy Council?

5. What story arose about Elizabeth I's appearance after the age of thirty?

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